Our family vacation to New York City and Western New York State was a doozy! We saw the sights and then we couldn't see 'em! But we had fun and would do it again, with some (...ahem!) modifications. Below are a few of the 686 digital pictures that Jack took on the trip (the equivalent of 19 - 36 exposure rolls of film, but free!) . . . .
Since New York is the BIG KAHUNA of vacation trips, our webpages are divided into 6 subsections for viewing. Navigate among them at will (or peril).
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We arrived in NYC about 6pm on Saturday, unloaded the car and hit the pavements. On the corner from our hotel was a "Hershey's" store . . . we didn't go in though. (;-)
In Times Square there is the largest "Toys R Us" store we have ever seen, even larger than "FAO Schwarz" if you can belive that!
Janet got on the indoor ferris wheel, in the Pokemon car, and Daniel & I were mortified!
Times Square was all hustle and bustle with crowds of people at 8 o'clock.
We ate in a Mexican restaurant "Viva Pancho," where Daniel played his Gameboy Advance SP to keep us from boring him too much.
On 42nd Street we saw where "Lion King" is playing. It's been sold out since Simba was a cub. New York has to have the largest McDonald's in the chain, with its own marquee no less.
We did get tickets to "42nd Street," Daniel's second choice after "Lion King." We really enjoyed it on Tuesday night.
And here is our "mini-suite," New York style. (:-)
Daniel is busy ignoring us at our favorite breakfast destination, the "Starstruck Deli."
It's amazing what can be built with Legos, if you buy 1,387 boxes of blocks . . . .
This is the Best Western President where we stayed.
On the corner of 48th Street and Eighth Avenue, in the same block as our hotel, was the FDNY's Battalion 9. They lost the most firefighters of any battalion in the 9/11 tragedy. Directly across the street from our hotel is a Firefighters Memorial Park and on the station itself are memorials to the firefighters. It was very touching.
We sometimes used the Grayline tour buses to see the sights and to get around the city.
We visited John Lennon's memorial in Central Park and saw the Dakota where he lived, as well as the entrance way where he was shot.
In Central Park we found this neat sign, a part of a series of "priceless" signs.
On the Grayline tour around Central Park and North, we saw the Apollo Theater in Harlem. We were disappointed it was covered up from renovations, but glad it is being renovated.
One evening we ate dinner at the Tavern on the Green in Central Park. It was "touristy," but good food and very elaborately decorated.
